South Zone Resources to Support the Low-German Mennonite (LGM) Community During Covid-19 Prepared By: Health Services- South Zone Population Health Promotion Program on behalf of the Low German Community Resource Inventory Committee

To update, please contact [email protected] Last Updated: April 3rd, 2020

Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Translation Support Overview of Poster Horizon Help in Low German- LGM Benita Peters translation School Support in Southern community, 403-393-8038 services Division Alberta services benita.peters@horizon. providers ab.ca Compliance Complaints Online portal Alberta https://ephisahs.micro SHE.SouthZoneEPH@ Health softcrmportals.com/cr ahs.ca Services eate-case/ : 403-502-8205

Lethbridge: 403-388-6689

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Plain Language & Low-German Resources Screening for Poster & Alberta Audio- Screening Audio/Video COVID-19 Audio Health Symbols for Covid 19 for LG Clients Services Poster- Screening Screening Symbols for Covid-19 poster plain language Screening Symbols with Audio- Video

Poster- Aphasia screening for Covid- 19 General Poster Alberta *UPDATED April 3!* LGM Guidelines Health Community Services COVID-19 Poster in Low German Translation by Horizon COVID-19 Poster School English Division Latest Audio Alberta Most Current: LGM Tina Meggison Topics Covered Include: information Recording Health Audio: community 403-308-8373  Social Distancing and/or Services Revised Mar 30- Mar [email protected]  Isolation Guidelines guidelines 24 2020 Update Audio  Travel Restrictions  811 Script:  Hand hygiene  Symptoms Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Revised Mar 30-  What to do if you March 24 2020 have symptoms Update Script  What to do if you have traveled recently Information Video Alberta Mass Gatherings LGM Tina Meggison on Mass Health Community, 403-308-8373 Gatherings Services Script: church leaders [email protected] Mass Gatherings Housed by Script FCSS Self-Isolate Audio Alberta March 17, 2020- Self LGM Tina Meggison Recording Health Isolate Community 403-308-8373 Services [email protected] Self-Isolate Poster Translation Self- Isolate Low LGM by Barons- German Poster Community Eureka- Warner FCSS Social Video Alberta Alberta Health Distancing Health Services Social Services Distancing Help Prevent Poster Government Help Prevent the Benita Peters the Spread of Alberta Spread- English 403-393-8038 benita.peters@horizon. Translation Help Prevent the ab.ca by Horizon Spread- Low German School Division Help Prevent the Spread- High German

Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Help Prevent the Spread- Spanish Mutli-Lingual Poster Calgary LIP Covid-19 Collection of Resources Local Resources resources in Immigration many and languages Partnership Mental Health Video MCC MCC Ontario Mental LGM Health Community

Anxiety Video Barons- *Coming soon! * LGM Calming anxiety in parents Eureka- Community and kids Warner FCSS Information Video Barons- Information on LGM on Eureka- Coronavirus- Town of Community Coronavirus Warner Taber Facebook FCSS Playground Video Barons- Playground Closures- LGM Closures Eureka- Town of Taber Community Warner Facebook FCSS COVID-19 Poster Green COVID 19 Information Shared via REDI information Mountain for and by people with for and by Self- disabilities people with Advocates disabilities COVID-19 Video Mennonite Audio March 21- Let’s do our part by Information in Post- Editor Coronavirus by staying home, washing Low German Kennert Giesbrecht hands and avoiding unnecessary contact with Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Audio March 29- others for the time being, Coronavirus by to avoid keep spreading Kennert Giesbrecht the virus. Support with Health Services Health Virtual Alberta Alberta- South Tina Meggison South Zone related Support Health Zone 403-308-8373 concerns Services- [email protected] Population Willing to support Health as needed in Trudy Dyck Promotion other areas of 403-330-7552 Program Alberta [email protected] Mental Health Virtual Barons- https://fcss.ca/home Barnwell, Barons, Timothy Krahn Phone and video Coaldale, Support Support Eureka- 587-370-4802 counselling only in Low , County Warner [email protected] German. FCSS of Warner, Coutts, www.fcss.ca County, M.D. of Taber, Milk River, Nobleford, , Raymond, Taber, Stirling, Vauxhall and Warner.

Support with Government Services Summary of Document Taber & Summary of Service Taber and area Mary Klassen Providing information on Government District Government Financial Providers, 403-892-1603 programs & benefits Financial Community Support LGM (WhatsApp) available, the Support Adult Community translator@taberadultle requirements to quality, Learning arning.com access to applications and Association Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type help with completing applications when needed

Navigating Virtual Barons- LGM Barnwell, Barons, Susie Peters Supports include: community Support Eureka- https://fcss.ca/home community Coaldale, Work – 403-593-0618  Completing income supports Warner Coalhurst, County [email protected] tax FCSS of Warner, Coutts,  Translation support Lethbridge Margarita Sawatzky County, M.D. of and assistance Work – 403-394-8983 Taber, Milk River,  Accessing local Nobleford, Picture Margarita.sawatzky@fc and government Butte, Raymond, ss.ca supports such as Taber, Stirling, food banks, FSCD Vauxhall and (Family Support for Warner. Children with disability)  Counselling.

Newcomer Virtual Taber Adult http://taberadultlearnin LGM Taber and area Mary Klassen Supports include: Support Support Learning g.com/wordpress/prog Community 403-892-1603  Newcomer Services rams-and- (WhatsApp) (non-Canadian who services/newcomer- translator@taberadultle have been in services/ arning.com less than 10 years)  Housing  Filling out forms both Provincial and Federal (NO IRCC)  Referrals to community resources Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type  Government mail translations  Referrals to learn English  Accessing food Bank

Career & Virtual Taber & Update to Services LGM Taber and area LGM Contact: Supports include: Employment Support District Poster Community Mary Klassen  Newcomer Services Support Community 403-892-1603 Adult translator@taberadultle Employment Services: Learning http://taberadultlearnin arning.com  Resumes Association g.com/wordpress/care  Job search er-and-employment- Career and  Resume services/ Employment Services: development and Lynda Nickol updates careercoach@taberadul  Cover letter tlearning.com development or revisions Gail Flitton  Online applications learnersupport@tabera  Information Services dultlearning.com  Mock Interviews

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Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Government Virtual Mennonite https://mcccanada.ca/l Alberta Susie Klassen Supports include: Services, Support Central earn/more/services- 403-308-1353  EI and Alberta Newcomer & Committee newcomers susiethiessen@mccab. Works funding Employment (MCC) ca  Child Tax Benefits Support Centre for  Alberta Health Care Newcomers MCC Office  Online job board 403-223-4144 Concise Poster Palliser Help Available from Poster available Dan Doerksen Dan has indicated Information Regional Provincial for editing. 403-715-4549 permission to edit about Help School Government- English dan.doerksen@palliser documents to include from Division #26 Services sd.ab.ca contact information for Governments & Help Available from available for your area. Barons- Federal Government- clients in Palliser Susie Peters Eureka- English School Division Work – 403-593-0618 Warner and through [email protected] FCSS Help Available from FCSS: Provincial Barnwell, Barons, Margarita Sawatzky Government - in Low Coaldale, Work – 403-394-8983 German Coalhurst, County Margarita.sawatzky@fc of Warner, Coutts, ss.ca Help Available from , M.D. of Federal Government- Taber, Milk River, in Low German Nobleford, Picture Butte, Raymond, Taber, Stirling, Vauxhall and Warner. School and Learning Citizenship & Virtual Taber & http://taberadultlearnin LGM Taber and area Mary Klassen Available to assist parents Support District g.com/wordpress/ Community 403-892-1603 who need support in Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Home School Community (WhatsApp) implementing home- Support Adult translator@taberadultle schooling measures. Learning arning.com Online CELPIP & Association Citizenship classes

Community Virtual County of , Ruben Hiebert Program Support Forty Mile – Burdett, 587-877-4322 Navigator Community Foremost [email protected] Adult Learning Program Palliser Virtual Palliser Palliser SD Dan Doerksen student/family Support Regional 403-715-4549 concerns School dan.doerksen@palliser Division #26 sd.ab.ca

Horizon Virtual Horizon Horizon SD Benita Peters student/family Support School 403-393-8038 concerns Division #67 benita.peters@horizon. ab.ca Holy Spirit Virtual Holy Spirit Holy Spirit SD Anisha Gatner School Support School [email protected] Division Division a 403-327-9555

Prairie Rose Virtual Prairie Rose Prairie Rose SD Randy Giesbrecht student/family Support School randygiesbrecht@prrd8 concerns Division .ca

Topic Resource Agency Link to Resource Audience Area Served Key Contacts Notes Type Parent and Virtual Barons- Barnwell, Barons, Maria Klassen Provides evidence-based Family Coach Support Eureka- Coaldale, 403-795-7561 information and education Warner Coalhurst, County [email protected] on parenting and early FCSS of Warner, Coutts, childhood development to Lethbridge local parents, caregivers County, M.D. of and families. Taber, Milk River, Nobleford, Picture Butte, Raymond, Taber, Stirling, Vauxhall and Warner.

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